September is Special!

Author Karen Essex's is Joanne's guest for the September @ Your Library show.  Karen's newest book, Stealing Athena, is the fictionalized story of Mary Nisbet, Lady Elgin, who was married to the man who took the Parthenon's sculptural treasures from Greece to England during the Napoleonic Wars.  Mary, a independent, wealthy Scottish heiress, was the one who financed the controversial rescue of the Elgin Marbles.  Essex alternates Mary's story with one two centuries earlier, the life of Aspasia, the companion to Perikles whose vision built the Parthenon.  Rich in detail and character, Stealing Athena is an engrossing historical novel!

Upcoming sessions of our library book discussion groups!

Arabian Book Discussion

Meets at 6:30 pm the 1st Tuesday of each month at Arabian Library
Join us for an informal discussion.

October 7 - A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz

November 4 - So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger

Palomino Book Discussion

Meets at 6:30 pm the 2nd Monday of each month at Palomino Library
Join us for an informal discussion.

October 13 - The Devil's Highway: a true story by Luis Urrea by Luis Urrea

November 10 - Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish

Contemporary Literature Book Discussion

Meets at 7 pm the 2nd Wednesday of each month at Civic Center Library

October 18 - Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

November 11 - Terrorist by John Updike

Literate Lizards Book Discussion

Meets at 4:30 pm the 3rd Thursday of each month at Mustang Library

September 18 - Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

October 16 - Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

November 20 - The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian

December 18 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy